NewYearathon - getting fitter in 2017.

dodge not dogge!

Went to a children's swimming party today. Only had DD1 with me so did as much sculling and treading water as possible and tried to do a tiny bit of swimming. No real cardio (pool too busy, had to watch DD1 and dodge the assault course of floats etc!) but definitely felt abs and arms working so think it counts as strength and toning and lasted 50 mins or so with breaks to dogge obstacles!

Oh dear, everyone seems to be ill at the moment!

30DS L1 again today, plus the 10-minute Transformation pilates workout. Continuing to ease into the new year slowly...

Biked to work and back (back was in the rain so I feel entitled to some extra points for that!). I must remember not to wear the pedometer on bike days: it registers an entirely random number of steps, though the number may possibly correspond to the number of bumps in the road. So I've done more JM than my target this week (5 workouts and a target of 4), but biked once rather than twice.

Planning a rest over the weekend, though I may do some yoga to try to stretch out my back. Back on it on Monday, when I won't have any choice about cycling because the Tube's on strike.

RJ, hope you feel better soon!

I'm ill 😟

Weights session with my pt this morning with the help of lemsip. Did ok too.

Away for the weekend now, planned hill walk tomorrow but Won't count that so until Monday I am

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I have proved that I am rubbish at multi-tasking exercise. Making bread (well proving and baking what the breadmaker did earlier) is interesting combined with 30 day shred l1, 30 day fat burn leg and butt shaper and maintenance yoga.. it is what Paul Hollywood would call "overbaked" but will hopefully be ok. Have seen worse at our local supermarkets!

Happily today was a rest from my abs challenge - so no sit ups today!

Push ups - can't do proper push ups for shred but working on them in the 30 day challenge. Not getting all the way down byt further than I used to. Maybe I am improving.

As my initial aim is January, 4/26. Still struggling to pin down my main aim for the year. Maybe it should be an autumn half...

5k run this morning bringing weekly total to 23.9
Hopefully more tomorrow but my left quad is not very happy so making running tricky. Must get back to doing some hiit too. School run on Monday so getting in as much as I can. Have a weekend of ferrying DS to footie training, then footie match and two cricket matches (indoor), trying to be super organised so I can fit everything in! Any tips greatly received!!
Great to hear how everyone else is doing

Noooooooo! I just typed out a long reply on my phone then managed to delete it! So, short recap:

• great that the thread is so busy!
• I love seeing everyone's different targets and preferred exercise; it's really inspiring
• I did a very fast for me 6.5km in 40 mins tonight, so yesterday's rest day really paid off.

Total: 21.8km

Hi everyone, no exercise but did manage to get some proper weights so will be able to do the DVDs a bit better now.

sailing, yes very common theme with toddlers! I absolutely have to plan my exercise or I don't do it - I don't enjoy it enough to want to go so I have to make myself. Like a lot of parents I know, I simply can't sacrifice sleep - I wouldn't get up early enough and am too tired in the evenings to exercise (do very occasionally go for a run). I am currently sacrificing enough sleep for studying which is proving far harder to fit into life than exercise!

So I've sacrificed free time instead. I plan to exercise Mondays straight after school run (DVD in the hope that DD2 will let me get on with it - am usually interrupted at least twice. If I can't get the DVD done I go for a run while DD2 is at her activity - hate this as lose my sitting drinking coffee on my own time so am pretty motivated to get the DVD done earlier! I have one morning to myself per week - very lucky to have that I know so I go for a run or DVD depending on how my ankle feels (can't run too much on it). Weekends I plan to go for one run while DH around. Will have to fit in something extra this weekend too as have to go and see my tutor tomorrow morning so no time to exercise. Sorry for long post! Very impressed by everyone's achievements!

Pedometer shows 11,000 steps, and I haven't done anything dramatic today - it counted my JM workout as only 580 steps because most of the moves don't involve stepping, and the rest of it was just walking DD to school and then going to and from the Tube to get to work and back. It suggests that I'm more active than I think just in day to day life, which is cheering. I'll wear it on Saturday too and see what weekend days look like.

Aiming to bike to work tomorrow - the forecast is coooold but not below zero, so with ski mitts and moon boots I should be OK.

3km walk today (bringing weekly total to 10km) plus 45 min Pilates. Never done it before (used the NHS fitness video) but my back feels amazing!

30DSL1 and 10 mins hula hoop today.

Metafit class tonight

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Toostressy sounds like you've got your hands full with work and young ones! My DN is 2 and a half and my Dsis has to manage workouts with her climbing all over her and saying she needs her potty (potty training) in the middle! I keep telling her to video it as I'm sure it's a common theme with toddlers!
Do you plan your weeks exercise or just go with the flow?
It's just me and DS at home and we don't get in until 6.30 so by the time he's eaten and I've cleared up and done laundry I'm ready for bed, oh and helped with the mountain of homework he gets!!
Early mornings my only chance but I'm rubbish without 8 hours sleep

KBFF done.
I am really out of puff but know from past experience how quickly I will improve once I get into the routine so determined to keep going!

Body Rev workout 4 done. I also bought a cheapie pedometer which arrived yesterday, to see how active I am day to day, so am wearing that and will see how it goes.

Body Rev workout 3 done. I'm on my Jillian target for the week, but failing on the biking: hoping to do better on that next week.

Tomorrow I must get up early to exercise, as I'm giving blood in the evening and won't be able to lift weights when I get home, and I really want to get workout 4 done.

Thanks all, weighed DH's ankle weights that I'd been using and they are only just over 1kg each. So I think I'd be ok with 2kg dumbells as they will be easy to hold on to. Won't manage 3kg! Plus they are cheaper than the 3kg dumbells.

Just need to manage to get to Aldi before they sell out now although I guess there is always Amazon. Nothing today, hoping to get something done on Friday.

Ugh, first day back at work today...loads to do, and next to no sleep last night, and PMT, and (a bit) of acing from my shred yesterday...how many more excuses do I need? Anyway, I've written off today for exercise. Early night and back on it tomorrow.

Stressy I also find 2kg weights better for the Shred, some of the strength moves that are 60 seconds are too much for me with 3kg, but give it a go and see. I use my 3kgs quite a lot for other workouts.

Good longish steady run today. Longer than I had planned. Riding lesson later. DH's day off so packing non-child compatible activities in!

Trained with dh today, back day then some technical work while he did biceps, I don't get much of a chance to train with him these days and I really enjoyed it.

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